New Asian and Asian American Studies Titles from Penguin Random House

By Luis Diaz | February 8 2024 | General

Browse these new and notable titles for use in your Asian and Asian American Studies courses. To request complimentary exam copies for course-use consideration, click here.

Coming Out as Dalit
Coming Out as Dalit
A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition)
Yashica Dutt
9780807045282

Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to US institutions.

$29.95 US
Feb 06, 2024
Hardcover
264 Pages
Beacon Press
Zodiac
Zodiac
A Graphic Memoir
Ai Weiwei, Gianluca Costantini
9781984863003
In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through interwoven stories from all the seasons of his life.
$22.99 US
Jan 30, 2024
Paperback
176 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic
Victory City
Victory City
A Novel
Salman Rushdie
9780593243411
The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.
$18.00 US
Jan 30, 2024
Paperback
352 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
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